April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Outcry-Witness Designation and Judge’s Voir Dire Comments Upheld in Continuous Child Sexual Abuse Case—Key Crossover Lessons for Texas SAPCR/Protective-Order Trials
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Beaumont: Limits on Alternative-Perpetrator Evidence—How Far a Party Can Go Blaming a Third Person Without a Direct Nexus
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Rule 702 Gatekeeping: LPC‑Associate May Qualify to Diagnose Child PTSD Using CATS Tool—Blueprint for Family‑Court Experts
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Aggravated Assault ‘Family Member’ Conviction: Drug-Use Impeachment Excluded; Confrontation/Due-Process Complaint Waived Under Rule 33.1
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas DV Assault Appeal: ‘Victim’ Terminology Requires Repeated, Specific Objections (Due Process Complaint Forfeited)
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Rule 91a Limits ‘Backdoor Summary Judgment’: Pleading TTCA Motor-Vehicle Waiver Survives Early Dismissal
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Capital Murder Appeal Offers Family-Law Crossover: Defendant’s Self-Serving Police Interview Kept Out as Hearsay Despite Excited-Utterance/Mental-State Claims
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Mandamus Win for Family-Law Litigants: Oral/Docket ‘New Trial’ Doesn’t Extend Plenary Power—Late Signed New-Trial Order Is Void
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Probate Heirship Fight Turns on Informal Marriage Proof—Judicial Notice Limits and Sufficiency Standards Matter in Family Property Cases
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas 14th COA: No Offer of Proof, No Appeal—How to Preserve Excluded Business/Medical Records in Family Trials
